Changing Times Hypnotherapy

14/01/2026

When it comes to achieving your goals, what is in your way? Is it your own negative thoughts and expectations? Or maybe unhelpful patterns that you feel destined to follow year after year? Whatever is standing in your way, EFT tapping can help you clear away the blocks. How do you do that? Well the first step is to ask yourself some questions:
1. What do I want for 2026?
2. What is going to stop me?
3. Do I have habits or behaviours that hold me back?
4. How do I self-sabotage?
5. Are there any stories that I hold on to?
6. What fears arise when I think about achieving my goals?

Later this week, I'll be explaining how you can use EFT tapping to clear away these blocks

07/01/2026

when the blocks that are standing in your way to success are your own negative thoughts and feelings then the time has come to challenge them! Get them out of your way and clear the path to reaching those goals this year. Join me on sunday January 11th for a free session on using EFT tapping and hypnosis to clear the blocks to reaching your goals this year. the session is taking place over zoom so get in touch with your email address and I will send you the link. Only a handful of places remain...

02/01/2026

What might be blocking you from reaching your goals this year? For some people it might be a habit of procrastination, a lack of self-belief, a tendency to set ridiculously optimistic goals, a pattern of negative self-talk or rumination on past experiences. You might recognise your own patterns in this list or you might have other blocks to your progress. The important thing I want you to know is that EFT tapping and hypnotherapy can help you to overcome whatever blocks are standing in your way so that you can act decisively, think clearly and make progress towards your goals this year.

23/12/2025

Happy Christmas from me and my fluffy singing friend! May your day be filled with friends, family and fun.

20/12/2025

Echoing what I've been talking about this month, the Tapping Solution is offering some useful advice on what we can let go this Christmas - those unhelpful habits and thinking patterns that hold us back. Good advice!

Most everyone likes to receive gifts during the holidays. It's a way of letting us know that someone is thinking about us and how much they care. You can

17/12/2025

Are you feeling brave enough to face your fears this festive season? Or does the idea of meeting acquaintances or strangers over a mince pie fill you with dread? Social anxiety at this time of year can make every day painful as the events that you can't avoid stack up and up! How to cope? There are a few things that can be very helpful:

Practise relaxation for ten minutes before you need to attend your event. Learning how to switch off your stress response response will mean that your body is operating at a lower, more comfortable level and give you more resilience.

Learn a technique for letting go of thoughts. We don't need to hold on to those thoughts that everyone is judging us, looking at what we are wearing or eating, as it is highly likely that everyone else is too busy thinking about themselves to even consider us. So let those thoughts go. Maybe put your thoughts on the clouds in the sky, or on cars travelling in the opposite direction, just don't hold on to them.

Turn your attention outwards, rather than on your own thoughts and negative sensations if fear or anxiety in your body. We can do this by focussing on other people and what you can learn about them. So set yourself a challenge to find out something new about everyone you interact with.

I'm tips on how to cope with festive socialising this week so check back later in the week for more...

12/12/2025

This is such depressing news! It is so sad that there are so many children who feel they have to miss school to avoid their anxious feelings. Avoiding challenges doesn't make anxiety better, it allows it to get a stronger hold over you! We need to teach children tools to help them manage these feelings and to build their strength and resilience. I've been talking about this recently so get in touch if you would like to know how I can help...

Teaching unions have been calling for more investment in mental health services to help tackle the absence crisis

11/12/2025

This week I'm focussing on Christmas and those problems we can face such as dealing with family tensions and striving for unattainable perfection. If you would like some tips on how to cope, check out the link in bio.

05/12/2025

Would you like the PERFECT tree, perfectly chosen gifts, perfectly wrapped, perfectly behaved children, perfectly kind and helpful relatives, all eating your perfectly cooked, perfectly timed dinner in your perfectly clean and perfectly decorated house?

Beware of making too many inflexible rules for yourself and your life. Adaptability and flexibility are much more helpful and enable us to cope much better when life inevitably chucks lemons at us!

Why not try:
- Letting it go. Who will be judging you if everything isn’t perfect? Your guests, or yourself? If you are honest, most of the judging we worry about is our own judgement. Learn to get it go.
- Practising flexibility. You might prefer that everything is perfect, but is it essential? What can you cut back on, what will never be missed?

03/12/2025

This can be one of the most challenging issues for many people. It’s important to remember that we can, mostly, only change our own thinking and our own responses. Trying to change what other people do might be possible, but can’t be guaranteed, so what can you do to change your response?

Why not try:

- Taking some time to practise relaxation or mindfulness immediately prior to going into the family time, so that you are relaxed and mentally resilient
- Make a mental game out of those annoying comments by imagining a bingo card in your head and mentally tick them off, with an internal smile, when you notice your relative brings them up
- Think about your own responses to your family – do you regress to your adolescent self in your family’s company? – and consider whether you can change that
- Find a simple breathing technique that helps you to calm down and remember you can always disappear to the bathroom for five minutes of calm

01/12/2025

The countdown has begun in my head...Christmas is only a few short weeks away and the 'to do' list is growing! I'm one of those people who loves this time of year, but how can you cope if you have situations or challenges that make it very difficult? I've pulled together some tips for managing stress and anxiety related to family tensions and the need for everything to be PERFECT! Check out the link if you would like to read more...

As December starts, the pressure begins to build up. Are you someone who LOVES all the activities, the socialising, the cooking and present-buying, or are you